its because of my XO skins



i oso wish that its telco's problem but jz turning around KLCC i had lost my signal 3 times. no dropping to 2G but is no network at all, den after few seconds it returned itself. have to flash another modem n try d.




btw.... laptopdude r u still on leaked ICS rom? can help me check whether u can initiate wifi direct? thanks

Nah, on checkrom now, i'll just wait for official ICS to come out

aiseh, sad liao

Hmm really? Maybe I need to actually use it longer to notice

I don't find any significant difference in G Nexus screen vs SGS II. Frankly I still prefer SGS II display over the G Nexus

Wow, non-G also have white??
Maybe in the USA they have white...

USA have their own carrier variants, no original i9100 unless imported. So this must be a european unit

there's a white non g but only ap

head to head comparison
(my own 2cents, multiple by 25 then it will be 50cents )


1. in terms of comfortable on hand:
GalNex>SGSII>GalNote (all naked)

2. in terms of screen attractiveness:
GalNote>SGSII>GalNex (if u din go compare the pixel shits, SGSII's screen will give u a fake impression.

3. in terms of camera quality:
GalNote>SGSII>GalNex. however zero lag shutters and the modded Camera ICS that can enable silent shutter makes it my favourite, if u get wat i mean

4. in terms of transition animation smoothness:
GalNote>SGSII>GalNex. seriously wtf is wrong with GalNex's transition animation?

5. browsing experience: (all using stock browser)
GalNote>GalNex>SGSII. well bigger is better, and the reason GalNex is edging over SGSII is because ICS's browser is better than GB's.

6. ergonomy of use:
GalNex>SGSII>GalNote. my palm too small

7. gaming:
GalNote>SGSII=GalNex. GalNex wins in terms of compatibility, but dun have samsung appstore or games hub make me so sad

8. battery life:
this one no need compare. GalNote wins it all. but standby power preserving i can say GalNex is better than SGSII. but when on actual usage i feel that SGSII can last longer compare to GalNex

9. navigation
GalNex wins like hell. while using GalNote i need to wait around 10 secs for gps to trace my location, but on GalNex its like almost instant. SGSII? :yaoming's face:

10. storage
this one no need compare la, GalNex is not in the same league to play.

11. connectivity
GalNote>SGSII>GalNex
while NFC is not widely used yet and i'm too lazy to dig out my BH505 from the hell packs of boxes, GalNex's wifi direct pissed me off. the function is there, but cannot initiate nor get connected. i dun noe wat's going on but seems like everyone is having the same issue. btw tried connect my GalNote with MHL+HDMI and play asphalt 6 on my home's toshiba 42", works like charm

conclusion: GalNote really stands out. SGSII and GalNex dun have much diff. both have their pros n cons. only when SGSII got the official ICS and GalNex's ICS version is stabled then oni can compare again. but once u tried GalNote on ur hand, u'll nvr head back for smaller screens.


feel free to challange my conclusion, afterall usage pattern and preference is different from one to another.

Hmm same feeling in terms of difference, but I don't prefer either screen. Both are ok for me

Nice summary dude

Wanted to get Note, but so far the units I've played with (stock) aren't as smooth/fast as S2, probably because of the larger screen/higher pixel count?

Not sure what your experience is currently though with new firmware etc. The units I've played with are at Samsung Gardens, Pyramid and a friend's unit (not very savvy, so not rooted or updated or whatever I suppose)

This post has been edited by ellimist: Feb 16 2012, 10:47 AM

Navigation for all the phones are fast, if you use 3G, I used 3G on S2, and within 1 second the maps appears already.. Superfast..


I have to agree with you, when I first bought Note, without any apps installed, I used and I noticed quite a decent amount of lag when scrolling left and right, I feel it's because of the large screen, actually when I was scouting for the non-G, I went to ask a shop, the owner ask me, why are you looking for non-G, I replied coz G version lag and hang, then he ask me to get Note, I say also lag, and then he was speechless.. But it's the truth..

SGSII last time is on andromeda, latest before i sold it.
GalNex is on maguro build updated last week.
GalNote is on LA6, latest firmware.

and while i'm not sure yet the devices u had tested is running which firmware and izit really got difference, sometimes i will also notice some lag especially while playing HD games. and i jz press the home button and back to the home screen, check the tast manager and din do anything, then back to the game and its smooth d.

Hmm let's say apart from games? Like general navigation and UI wise. Few examples I can think off my head is like to:

1. pinch to zoom on home screen with same widgets loaded on S2/Note
2. General navigation through the apptrays, through the settings menus, etc. While doing it fast.

Do you feel a slight sluggishness compared to S2?

pinch to zoom: yes on GalNote. no on GalNex. i dun think any of us will use the pinch to zoom function on homescreen though. not practical and in fact no meaning at all to me.

navigate thru app drawers: GalNote no lag, GalNex got lag. i got 14 pages of apps on my GalNote and only 3 pages on GalNex. and yet GalNex lags. i duno this is the problem of ICS or wat but seriously, F***.

U mean lag as in the transition not smooth?

yup. the transition animation is like having constipation

Lag aside, like we were discussing this morning, speed wise? Like can you swipe say, 3 times to the right as fast on the GNote?

Pinch to zoom yeah, I won't use unless I have a gazillion screens (pressing the little number dots are actually much faster). But was just giving a tangible example of what I feel about the speed of the UI as a whole, since this example is alot more apparent.

This post has been edited by ellimist: Feb 16 2012, 11:23 AM

Is it very serious? Or just minor? Last time when i was on ICS, the animation was tolerable, slightly choppy, but tolerable.

if u r oni having less than 15 applications installed and this is the shit u got, will u tolerate with it?

I dont really care about smoothness, so long it isnt obvious and too serious, im ok with it arent u on custom rom? Still have lag?